Key points

• A child’s pattern of asthma may help to predict whether

the child will “outgrow” the condition.

• Inhaled steroids are the controller medication of choice for

children.

• To be effective, inhaled steroids must be given regularly,

for at least a season at a time, not just during asthma

attacks.

• Leukotriene receptor antagonists may be useful for

asthma triggered by colds.

• Most children who are seen in the emergency department

can be given bronchodilator therapy with a metered-dose

inhaler and valved spacer.

Key points• A child’s pattern of asthma may help to predict whetherthe child will “outgrow” the condition.• Inhaled steroids are the controller medication of choice forchildren.• To be effective, inhaled steroids must be given regularly,for at least a season at a time, not just during asthmaattacks.• Leukotriene receptor antagonists may be useful forasthma triggered by colds.• Most children who are seen in the emergency departmentcan be given bronchodilator therapy with a metered-doseinhaler and valved spacer.

Achieving control of asthma in preschoolers

Interesting article from the VancouversSun regarding asbestos, exposure, symptoms and progression.

“Among B.C. workers alone, it is estimated that 1,500 workers will die from asbestos-caused disease over the next five years,” says a 2008 report from the Rideau Institute in Ottawa. “And it is known that many cases of asbestos-caused disease are not recognized as such and not captured in the figures.”

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Asbestos flooding B.C. with a ‘steady stream of death’

Interesting article from the VancouversSun regarding asbestos, exposure, symptoms and progression.

“Among B.C. workers alone, it is estimated that 1,500 workers will die from asbestos-caused disease over the next five years,” says a 2008 report from the Rideau Institute in Ottawa. “And it is known that many cases of asbestos-caused disease are not recognized as such and not captured in the figures.”

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Asbestos flooding B.C. with a ‘steady stream of death’

The word plethysmograph is derived from the Greek plethusmos (enlargement), and is
related closely to plethus (fullness) and plethora (fullness). Indeed, the fundamental
function of a whole-body plethysmograph is the measurement of intrathoracic gas
volume (TGV) and volume change. Whole-body plethysmographs have been used to
measure changes in lung volume over a range of volumes, from the scale of millilitres to
litres.

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bodypleth

BBC NEWS:

A large international study has revealed several genetic variants which are linked to people with asthma.

In all, more than 500,000 tests were performed on the genes of 10,000 children and adults with the condition, and 16,000 non-asthmatics.

The Imperial College-led research, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, could point to new targets for drugs.

Experts said gene testing could not predict who would get the condition.

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BBC News – Drugs ‘could target asthma genes’

BBC NEWS:

A large international study has revealed several genetic variants which are linked to people with asthma.

In all, more than 500,000 tests were performed on the genes of 10,000 children and adults with the condition, and 16,000 non-asthmatics.

The Imperial College-led research, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, could point to new targets for drugs.

Experts said gene testing could not predict who would get the condition.

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BBC News – Drugs ‘could target asthma genes’

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Download > capnography_quickguide <(PDF)

This guide provides convenient views

of a selection of CO2 waveforms,

along with interpretation to explain

their relationship to other routine

physiological monitoring waveforms.